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A Monthly Community Periodical First Published 1997 Volume Eighteen No 5
Countdown is on to 10th anniversary Festival
Opening with a bang on 6 June! The 10th anniversary Woodend Winter Arts Festival will open with a bang – with free fireworks at Buffalo Stadium, accompanied by Wadaikorindo Japanese drummers who could well be just as noisy! Opening night will feature the first performance of the much anticipated glamour event of the Festival this year – the Australian premiere of the first extant opera, Jacobo Peri’s Euridice of 1600. This opera is priced for the people – and a great chance for those who have never experienced the opera, including younger audiences, to see it up close. No less than 10 opera singers will perform the opera, created by Festival president and music archaeologist, John O’Donnell, who invested more than 100 hours on the work. It will be performed accompanied by Accademia Arcadia and featuring violinists Davide Monti (returning due to popular demand from Italy) and Lucinda Moon, Laura Vaughan playing the viola da gamba, baroque harpists Maria Christina Cleary and Hannah Lane with the Festival Artistic Director Jacqueline Ogeil on the
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harpsichord with John on the organ. Euridice stars Jacqueline Porter as elebrating 10 ears of creativit Euridice. Jacqueline is the Festival’s in the Maceon ane in the Macedon ane program ‘cover girl’ (pictured) and she is joined by Robert Macfarlane as Orfeo with Jennifer Cook, Christopher Roache, Daniel Thomson, Matthew Thomson, Helen Gagliano, Jerzy Kozlowski, Michelle Clark and Michael Strasser. Euridice tells the story of the newlywed Eurydice’s death by snakebite and of her husband Orpheus’s voyage to Hades to plead for her return. It has a number of variants. All involve the power of music, but not all achieve the happy ending. Rodney Hall, engaged to direct the performance, describes his stage production as “elegant, stylised and timeless” with sculptural costumes and formal movement. Green Room Award nominee Peter Mumford will design the set, costumes by brilliant young designer Michael Mumford and Russian trained 6–9 June 2014 Olga Makeeva. The production promises woodendwinterartsfestival.org.au 1 to have a touch of magic and mystery. A fabulous opportunity for those who have Free program: never been to an opera. The Festival includes an extraordinary variety of musical and literary events over the weekend, however, a free program is also available – including the fireworks (supported by Barker Trailers), the Advanced Fireworks Australia children’s story time event Don’t look now with illustrator Andrew Weldon and art exhibitions by Mary Larnach-Jones (Origins of the Species - Black Anther Buffalo Stadium Oval, Woodend Gallery), the Macedon Ranges Potters Friday 6th June, from 5.30 pm and the Macedon Ranges Art Group & FREE EVENT Kyneton Art Group. *Euridice of 1600 Four performances – Celebrate the 10th Woodend Winter Arts Festival with one each day of the Festival at different times Tickets from $55 - $85. Fireworks entertainment available from 5.30 pm. This is a FREE EVENT for – entertainment begins at 5.30pm, all the family! Thank you to our local emergency services for their fireworks at 6.30pm Friday 6 June. assistance with car parking. Thank you to Barker Trailers for Go to www.woodendwinterartsfestival.org. au for more information and to book Box office opens at 5.30pm Friday at St Ambrose School Office. ** See pages 5,6 & 13 for more
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